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Dame Phillipa Pollard 1504–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 January 1559

Death Location: Hinton St George, South Somerset District, Somerset, England

Father: Lewis Girleston

Mother: Agnes Hext

Spouse(s): Sir Scots

Children(s): Sir MGGF

In 1504, Dame Phillipa Pollard entered the world in Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Lewis Sir Pollard Van Girleston And Agnes Hext. Dame Phillipa Pollard married Sir Hugh Paulet Governor Of Jersey Counselor To Queen Elizabeth Keeper Of Mary Queen Of Scots, and had children including Sir Amias Amyas Paulet Ambassador To Paris Last Jailer Of Mary Queen Of Scots 11Th Mggf. Dame Phillipa Pollard passed away in 1559 in Hinton St George, South Somerset District, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Dame Phillipa Pollard entered the world in Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Lewis Sir Pollard Van Girleston And Agnes Hext.
  • Dame Phillipa Pollard married Sir Hugh Paulet Governor Of Jersey Counselor To Queen Elizabeth Keeper Of Mary Queen Of Scots, and had children including Sir Amias Amyas Paulet Ambassador To Paris Last Jailer Of Mary Queen Of Scots 11Th Mggf.
  • Dame Phillipa Pollard passed away in 1559 in Hinton St George, South Somerset District, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dame Pollard's Ancestors

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Dame Pollard
1504–1559
Birth Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Lewis Sir Pollard van Girleston
1465–1525
Agnes Hext
1475–
Grandparents
Robert Pollard
1420–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Pollard's Descendants

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Dame (Phillipa) Pollard (1504–6 January 1559) m. Sir (Hugh Paulet, Governor of Jersey, Counselor to Queen Elizabeth, Keeper of Mary Queen of) Scots (1500–6 December 1573)
  1. 1. Sir (Amias (Amyas) Paulet Ambassador to Paris Last jailer of Mary, Queen of Scots (11th) MGGF 1536–1588 m. Lady (Margaret, (Maid of Honor To Queen Anne, wife of King James I of England)) Harvey 1525–1625
    1. 1. Joan Paulet 1554–1630 m. Robert Haydon 1560–1626
      1. 1. gideon Hayden 1586–1682 m. Margaret (Davy) Davey 1583–1663
        1. 1. john Hayden 1606–1682 m. Susannah Pullen 1606–1683
        2. 2. Sgt. (WILLIAM Will (of Dorchester, Fairfield, Killingworth, Founder\original Proprietor of HARTFORD and WINDSOR, Connecticut) /HAYDEN Haydon Heydon 8th PGGF (NOT son of Gideon)(2nd husband of Margaret Birdseye Wilcoxson, DEPUTY to CT General) Court) 1600–1669

Dame Pollard's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Dame Phillipa Pollard in Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1559
6 January 1559
Age 55
Death of Dame Phillipa Pollard in Hinton, St George, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Hinton, St George, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: A revised genealogical account of the various families descended from Francis Fox, of St. Germans, Cornwall

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 January 1559
    Event Place: Hinton, St George, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hinton St George, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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